堤防

Chinese

dike to protect; to defend; to guard (against)
simp. and trad.
(堤防)

Pronunciation


Noun

堤防

  1. dike; embankment; levee

Synonyms

  • ()
  • 堤岸 (dī'àn)
  • (táng)
  • (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てい
Grade: S
ぼう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/teibau//teibɔː//teiboː/

From Middle Chinese compound 堤防 (dei? bjang, literally dike, embankment + dike). Compare modern Cantonese reading tai4 fong4.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーぼー [tèébóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

(てい)(ぼう) (teibō) ていばう (teibau)?

  1. a levee, an embankment along a body of water, a dike
    • 1949, 豊島与志雄, 男ぎらい:
      (ちい)さな(みち)()き、(すこ)しく(あが)ると、(かわ)堤防(ていぼう)(うえ)()ます。
      Chīsana michi o iki, sukoshiku agaru to, kawa no teibō no ue ni demasu.
      If you go down the narrow path and go up a little, you'll get to the top of the river embankment.

See also

Verb

(てい)(ぼう)する (teibō suru) ていばう (teibau)?suru (stem (てい)(ぼう) (teibō shi), past (てい)(ぼう)した (teibō shita))

  1. to block off with an embankment

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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